If you didn't return that copy of "Ghostbusters" before Hollywood Video closed their doors last year, you may run into trouble if you're looking to take out a mortgage or finance a car. That's because National Credit Solutions (NCS), a debt collection agency, may have filed negative reports to credit reporting agencies for thousands of consumers who owed late fees when the company went bankrupt last year.

It is no secret that the American people are facing a very tough economic climate. Our economy remains sluggish, people fear losing their jobs and their homes, and many are worried about the future their children and grandchildren will inherit. They are deeply concerned about the outlook for our great country and wonder if their children will grow up in the same America they did. People are looking for real solutions to the problems we face.

This week at the Capitol, the deadline for filing bills passed, the General Assembly continued its work on a wide range of legislation, and the weather ranged from frigid to wet to frigid again. It’s another week in Richmond, as we near the halfway mark of the 46-day session.

At 3:27 p.m. on Tuesday, Bedford County 911dispatchers received a call from a caller on Bell Town Road who reported that they had found a 2-year-old toddler in a back yard pond and he was not breathing.
When the first deputy arrived on the scene at 3:32 p.m., the mother was holding the unresponsive child, according to a release from the Bedford County Sheriff's Office. The deputy took the child from the mother and as he was carrying the child to the ambulance, the deputy began to attempt resuscitation.

I’d been hearing these reports that former U.S. Senator George Allen was considering seeking his old job again. But surely, I thought, he’s found something else to do with himself, and knows that people haven’t forgotten that infamous word he uttered in 2006.

It looks like I was wrong on both counts. Grab your seat belt; Allen is back. He announced last week, over the Internet, that he will again be a candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2012.